• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Recent Additions
  • The Gallery
    • About
    • Browse by Topic
    • eBay
    • Sorry, It’s Sold
  • Guarantee & Policies
    • Guarantee
    • Shipping & Payment
    • Amazon.com Shipping Information
    • eBay Buyer Protection
  • Contact & Social Media
    • E-mail & Phone
    • eBay
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter

Grapefruit Moon Gallery

Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration

  • Gallery Blog
  • Golden Gallery
  • Fine & Decorative
  • Illustration & Advertising
  • Paperback & Pulp
  • Pin-Up & Glamour
Sorry, It's Sold

The Young Diana

Artist:Arthur Prince Spear
Date:C. 1920
Medium:Pastel
Dimensions:Sight size 19 1/2" by 23 1/2" - Framed 21 1/4 " by 25 1/4"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Exhibited Fine Art
Price: Sold
Full view of pastel
Full view of pastel

 

The artist's signature lower right
The artist’s signature lower right

 

Detail
Detail

An electric in color palette & execution original exhibited pastel by the Boston area artist Arthur Spear, who was equally adept with pastel and oils. This is titled on the verso The Young Diana in the artist’s hand, and was exhibited and likely sold at the Chicago gallery House of O’Brien during the 1920s. The image shows a young fanciful maiden in classical Grecian attire with a bow and dramatic orange shawl. Housed behind glass in the original carved wood American Arts & Crafts antique frame.

Framed and properly lined under glass in original carved wood frame
Framed and properly lined under glass in original carved wood frame

 

Frame corner profile
Frame corner profile

 

Title of The Young Diana on verso in artists hand
Title of The Young Diana on verso in artists hand

Arthur Prince Spear went to Paris to study under Jean Paul Laurens at the Julien Academy. Most of the artwork that Spear created was of otherworldly sea dwellers, mermaids, satyrs and nymphs and intended as fine art and sold through the Vose Galleries in Boston. The realm he choose to depict was quite his own, the occasional critic dismissed his paintings as “ornamental”.
The artist exhibited at The National Academy of Design, The Guild of Boston Artists, Rosenbach Gallery, the Carnegie Institute, Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the National Arts Club.

House of O'Brien Gallery Label - Chicago
House of O’Brien Gallery Label – Chicago

 

Verso view
Verso view

The Young Diana

Artist: Arthur Prince Spear
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: art deco, Arthur Prince Spear, Diana the Huntress, pastel
Added to Gallery: November 8, 2014

 

Contact Grapefruit Moon Gallery



    Primary Sidebar

    Join our mailing list

    Grapefruit Moon Gallery Around the Web

    Facebook
    Instagram
    Pinterest
    Twitter

    Recent Additions

    The Flame Girl

    Season’s Greetings

    Out Of The Earth You Came 

    Footer

    About Grapefruit Moon Gallery

    Grapefruit Moon Gallery, based in Minneapolis MN, specializes in vintage pin up and original illustration art.  We are the proud home of the Bunny Yeager archives.

    Since 2003, Grapefruit Moon Gallery has been a leading dealer of exclusive original paintings by Gil Elvgren, Alberto Vargas, Earl Moran, Rolf Armstrong and Henry Clive, as well as vintage photographs, prints, and period decorative arts in ceramic and metal.

    All artworks featured are original, accurately represented, and guaranteed to be the work of the named artist.

    Interested buyers may view pieces by appointment and we are happy to answer any questions you may have. [Contact Us]

    Grapefruit Moon Gallery on eBay

     

    Grapefruit Moon Gallery on Instagram

    View on Instagram

    Copyright © 2022